Prevalence and implications of frailty in acute stroke: systematic review & meta-analysis

JK Burton, J Stewart, M Blair, S Oxley, A Wass… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background frailty is common in older adults and associated with poor outcomes following
illness. Although stroke is predominantly a disease of older people, our knowledge of frailty …

Frailty and stroke thrombectomy outcomes—an observational cohort study

N Joyce, T Atkinson, K Mc Guire, MI Wiggam… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) can improve outcomes following ischaemic
stroke. Patient selection for MT is predominantly based on physiological and imaging …

Prevalence, measurement, and implications of frailty in stroke survivors: an analysis of three global aging cohorts

P Hanlon, JK Burton, TJ Quinn… - … Journal of Stroke, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Our understanding of the relationship between frailty and stroke, beyond the
acute phase of stroke, is limited. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of frailty in stroke …

Genetic liability to frailty in relation to functional outcome after ischemic stroke

H Cai, H Zhang, J Liang, Z Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Frailty appears to be associated with unfavorable prognosis after stroke in
observational studies, but the causality remains largely unknown. Aims: The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Association of pre-stroke frailty with prognosis of elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction: a cohort study

F Yang, N Li, L Yang, J Chang, A Yan, W Wei - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Frailty is a state of cumulative degradation of physiological functions that leads
to adverse outcomes such as disability or mortality. Currently, there is still little …

Genetically predicted frailty index and risk of stroke and Alzheimer's disease

W Liu, L Zhang, H Fang, Y Gao, K Liu… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Previous studies have reported the association between frailty
and stroke or Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the causality remains unclear. The aim of …

Association of multimorbidity with mortality after stroke stratified by age, severity, etiology, and prior disability

MB Downer, R Luengo-Fernandez… - … Journal of Stroke, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Multimorbidity is common in patients with stroke and is associated with
increased medium-to long-term mortality, but its value for clinical decision-making and case …

Higher hospital frailty risk score is associated with increased risk of stroke: observational and genetic analyses

D Renedo, JN Acosta, AB Koo, C Rivier, N Sujijantarat… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Frailty is a prevalent state associated with several aging-related traits and
conditions. The relationship between frailty and stroke remains understudied. Here we aim …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment and Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults with Frailty

AN Rosas Diaz, AL Troy, V Kaplinskiy, A Pritchard… - Geriatrics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major driver of morbidity and mortality among older adults with
frailty. Moreover, frailty is highly prevalent in older adults with AF. Understanding and …

[HTML][HTML] Is Frailty Index a better predictor than pre-stroke modified Rankin Scale for neurocognitive outcomes 3-months post-stroke?

R Munthe-Kaas, S Aam, I Saltvedt, TB Wyller… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background The prognostic value of frailty measures for post-stroke neurocognitive disorder
(NCD) remains to be evaluated. Aims The aim of this study was to compare the predictive …